Sassa officials Paseca Letsati (spokesman), Recommendations Matlou (CEO) and Sibusiso Nhlangothi (Western Cape Regional Manager) informed the media on critical topics around Thursday. Photos: Marecia Damons
- Postbank and Sassa competes against March 20 to replace the gold card expired by 1.4 million.
- More than 190,000 people in the Western Cape must still replace their cards with new black cards.
- Sassa also said that complaints are investigating the evaluations launched by the doctor to reduce the visits of grant applicants, and investigating the deficiency in their offices.
- The agency has announced the plans to implement a biometric inspection for all social relief of the grant beneficiary to reduce frauds and ensure proper purchasers’ grant.
POSTBANK AND SASSA SUPPORT (SASSA) competes against the clock to replace the ended gold cards. About 1.4 million people, which are approaching on March 20, should still replace their cards with new black cards.
This appeared on Thursday, Sassa CEO in a media briefing at the Presidential Hotel, which operates CEO.
Only in the Western Cape Sassa had to replace 322,000 gold cards. Sassa’s Provincial Director Regional Director Sibusiso Nhlangothi, more than 102,000 gold card owners went to the new postbank black card. About 28,000 beneficiaries preferred to pay their grants to other bank accounts. This shows that about 190,000 people have to replace their cards next Thursday.
“We are expected to suspend the operation of the existing cards, if we do not migrain all the benefits, as partnership and beneficiaries with Postbank-I, Postbank-I, Spar.
Social development Mec Jaco Londt, expressing concerns during the briefing, said that many beneficiaries are not entering enough services to complete the passage. “Sassa presents the most sensitive life line in the province, and many will suffer without life,” he said.
Londt, graduated parliament members and MPs admitted many people to help to help. We see that the bank has also increased its institutions, “he called on the postbank to move a week before the last date a week ago.
The discussion of grants to the most vulnerable groups of Underground, Londt, Sassa, turned out to be a fancy dinner in the presidential hotel.
“I am pleased to have the least open cards in Sassa, and I communicate, press briefing, it turned out that there was an unnecessary business.”
“The agency must direct the Resources to help PostBank, and in the Western CAPE, until the deadline for less. This is the important postbank service points and narrates in rural areas.
The briefing hosted the President Hotel in the Banty Bay, which discussed the miserable state of Sassa’s poor.
Weakness in SRD Grant System
Matlou said the biometric inspection was planned for all social relief of grant beneficiaries of the Grant of Grants (SRD) to fight fraud in the system. This is watching Fraud findings The SRD grant system confirmed the next investigation by two Stellenbosch University students and Sassa Significant security defects.
Matlou explained that the system restricts the ratio of the system, which limits the number of periods that can be asked by a hacker. “We also strengthened income inspections with various banks that the people applied are the right people,” he said.
Currently, SRD grant buyers who have changed their details or fraud must pass the biometric inspection. They work with housework to implement it. “This will help ensure that the right people receive a grant,” he said.
Long shifts and not enough service points
Long shifts in Sassa offices, especially continue to be a great concern at the western hood. Matlou is the lack of insufficient service points and personnel in a part of the problem.
“We wrote to the National Social Ministry of Public Affairs, to prioritize the Western Cap.” We will meet soon to solve prominent office desires, “said Matlou.
Sassa is in the process of hiring further table workers. “We know that some people visit local offices despite online applications. Thus, we allow more to reduce long shifts,” said Matlou.
Nhlangothhi, most people who give turns in Sassa offices apply for disability grants. 24% of those who apply for disability grants are rejected, “the rejected entrants have contributed to the more turns for many visits to the office.
To improve this, Sassa is investigating the evaluations launched by the doctor. This will allow the applicants to assess the applicants before visiting the Sassa office to the doctors appointed by the state.
Nhlangothi said many people were shown without a meeting. He said Sassa received an order in the number of employees in that office. “If the number of people in the office allows 200 people, we will order 200 people,” he said.
Sassa actively promotes more beneficiaries to use the online application system to facilitate the process.
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